EP0556584B1 - Dispositif magnétique de lecture et/ou d'enregistrement pour l'utilisation avec un milieu photosensible - Google Patents

Dispositif magnétique de lecture et/ou d'enregistrement pour l'utilisation avec un milieu photosensible Download PDF

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EP0556584B1
EP0556584B1 EP93100910A EP93100910A EP0556584B1 EP 0556584 B1 EP0556584 B1 EP 0556584B1 EP 93100910 A EP93100910 A EP 93100910A EP 93100910 A EP93100910 A EP 93100910A EP 0556584 B1 EP0556584 B1 EP 0556584B1
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Ronald Herbert C/O Eastman Kodak Company Kiesow
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/012—Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic disks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
    • G11B15/60—Guiding record carrier
    • G11B15/602—Guiding record carrier for track selection, acquisition or following
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/24—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor with means for separately producing marks on the film, e.g. title, time of exposure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B2217/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B2217/24—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor with means for separately producing marks on the film
    • G03B2217/242—Details of the marking device
    • G03B2217/244—Magnetic devices

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  • the present invention relates generally to the field of magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus, and in particular to a device for guiding a web through a magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus.
  • WO 91/02292 discloses a simplified suspension system for a magnetic head in which the head is supported for rotation about an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of a filmstrip and for translation along an orthogonal axis transverse to the filmstrip, rotation about and translation along other orthoaonal axis being restrained, what is reflected in the preamble of claim 1.
  • a magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus is provided as claimed in claim 1.
  • a web can be threaded through a magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus without ripping or wrinkling.
  • a magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus 16 having a web guiding device 10 for directing a web 12 to a magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 in the magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus 16 is shown.
  • the web 12 may be a conventional magnetic tape or it may be a photosensitive medium, film or paper, having a virtually transparent magnetic coating covering the non-emulsion side of the photosensitive medium, herein referred to as film 12. It is not intended that the present invention be limited in any manner to any specific type of photosensitive medium or process.
  • the mediums used in the illustrations are solely for purposes of illustration.
  • the web guiding device 10 includes means defining an entrance 18 for accepting the film 12 into the magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus 16.
  • the magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus may be part of a conventional recording and/or playback appliance such as a tape recorder or may be part of a photographic apparatus such as a photographic printer, processor, or camera.
  • the entrance 18 is defined by a housing 20.
  • the preferred embodiment includes edge following means 22, referred to as an edge follower, attached to the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 for tracking a longitudinal edge of the film 12 as it is moving along a defined path to maintain proper registration between the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 and a magnetic information track on the film 12.
  • the edge follower 22 is located initially in the defined path. A forward leading edge 21 moves the edge follower 22 to a variable tracking position tracking the longitudinal edge of the film 12 when the film 12 enters the magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus.
  • the edge follower 22 is capable of pivoting between a first position parallel to the longitudinal edge of the film 12 as seen in FIG. 2A and 2C and a second position angled towards the entrance 18 as seen in FIG. 2B.
  • the edge follower 22 is supported for pivotal movement between the first and second positions by a member 24 having at least one pointed end 26.
  • the member 24 is attached to the housing 20 by any conventional means.
  • the pointed end 26, about which the edge follower 22 pivots contacts the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 at a point 25 remote from a center point 29 of the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 towards the entrance 18 as best seen in FIGS. 2A-C.
  • the pointed end could contact the edge follower 22 as long as the contact point is remote from the center point of the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 and is towards the entrance. It is advantageous having the contact point off center, as opposed to being centered, because the apparatus will have more of a tendency to automatically pivot about the point 25.
  • edge follower could pivot about a point located between the center point of the magnetic reading and/or recording element and an exit and achieve a similar result.
  • edge follower could be supported by a biasing means located so that the biasing means biases an end of the edge follower towards the longitudinal edge of the film.
  • the preferred embodiment represented in FIG. 2 shows that the leading edge of the film has tapered corners. Furthermore, the preferred embodiment includes tapered edges on the edge followers. These features aid in the movement of the leading edge of the film into the magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus, however they are not required.
  • the member 24 in the preferred embodiment includes a second pointed stop 27 at an opposite end of the member 24 for supporting a second magnetic reading and/or recording element 15 located directly opposite the other magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 along an opposite longitudinal edge of the film 12.
  • pointed stops 26 and 27 contact the recording elements 14, 15 in a plane which is perpendicular and transverse to the film 12 and which intersects the edge followers 22, 23.
  • the edge follower which is attached to the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14, is attached to the housing 20 by a first flexible member 28.
  • This flexible member 28 supports the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 for rotation about a z-axis while restraining the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 from rotating about an x-axis and a y-axis, wherein the x-axis and the y-axis are perpendicular to each other and the z-axis is perpendicular to the x- and y-axes.
  • the x-axis and the y-axis are perpendicular to each other and the z-axis is perpendicular to the x- and y-axes.
  • the z-axis represents a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the film 12
  • the x-axis represents a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the film 12
  • the y-axis represents a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the film 12.
  • the first flexible member 28 comprises an upright portion 30 and two opposite leg portions 32 extending from and normal to the upright portion 30.
  • the upright portion 30 is attached to a rigid frame 34 within the housing 20 by any conventional means.
  • the upright portion 30 further includes a u-shaped opening 36 which allows the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 to move in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the film 12.
  • the leg portions 32 are attached to the edge follower 22 by any conventional means.
  • the configuration of the leg portions 32 allows the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 to rotate about the z- axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the film 12.
  • first flexible member 28 and a second flexible member 38 operate together to support the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 for rotation about the z-axis and movement along the x-axis.
  • the movement along the x-axis includes biasing the edge follower 22 towards the longitudinal edge of the film 12.
  • the second flexible member 38 comprises a central portion 40 and two opposite arm portions 42 extending downward from the central portion 40.
  • the central portion 40 is attached to the rigid frame 34 by any conventional means.
  • the arm portions 42 are attached to the edge follower 22 by any conventional means.
  • first and second flexible members can have alternate configurations as long as they support the magnetic reading and/or recording element for rotation about one axis while restraining rotation of the magnetic reading and/or recording element about the other axes and that they support the magnetic reading and/or recording element for movement along one of the axes while restraining the magnetic reading and/or recording element from movement along the other axes.
  • the magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus 16 includes a backer device 44 as disclosed in copending EP 92 912 513 filed May 11, 1992 by Weigand et al.
  • the backer device 44 insures that the magnetic information track maintains constant contact with the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14.
  • the magnetic reading and/or recording element 15 is attached an edge follower 23 which is connected to the rigid frame 34 by flexible members similar to the first and second flexible members 28 and 38 described above.
  • FIG. 2A shows the film 12 approaching the entrance 18 and the magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus 16.
  • the edge followers 22,23 are initially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the film 12 and in the defined path of the film 12. As the leading edge of the film 21 contacts the edge followers 22,23, the edge followers 22,23 pivot about the pointed ends 26,27 so that they are angled towards the entrance 18 creating a funnel, as best seen in FIG. 2B, for the film to easily enter the magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus 16.
  • FIG. 2C shows the film 12 and the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 (not visible) in a reading and/or recording position.
  • the pointed ends 26,27 are no longer contacting the magnetic reading and/or recording element 14 and the edge followers 22,23 are in their variable tracking position contacting opposite longitudinal edges of the film 12 at this time.
  • the edge followers 22,23 compensate for irregularities in the film edges and film width and the first and second flexible members 28 and 38 allow the magnetic reading and/or recording elements 14,15 to rotate about the axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the film 12 and to move in the direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the film 12.
  • the magnetic reading and/or recording elements 14,15 will maintain proper registration with the magnetic information track on the film 12. Also, possible damage to the film 12 is minimized, thus maintaining the accuracy of the information read and/or recorded from/on the magnetic information track on the film 12.
  • the magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus described is low cost and easy to manufacture.

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  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Camera Data Copying Or Recording (AREA)
  • Recording Or Reproducing By Magnetic Means (AREA)
  • Registering, Tensioning, Guiding Webs, And Rollers Therefor (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)

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  1. Dispositif de lecture et/ou d'enregistrement magnétique (16) destiné à lire et/ou à enregistrer des informations depuis/sur une piste d'informations magnétiques sur une bande de support photosensible (12), le dispositif comprenant un élément de lecture et/ou d'enregistrement magnétique (14, 15), un dispositif de guidage de bande (10) comportant un moyen (18, 20) définissant une entrée destinée à recevoir une bande, un moyen (22, 23) destiné à suivre un bord longitudinal d'une bande, l'élément de lecture et/ou d'enregistrement magnétique étant fixé au moyen de suivi, et des moyens (28 - 42) destinés à supporter le moyen de suivi afin d'amener le moyen de suivi à pivoter entre une première position parallèle à un bord longitudinal d'une bande et une seconde position formant un angle en direction de l'entrée lorsqu'un bord avant d'une bande pénètre dans le dispositif de lecture et/ou d'enregistrement magnétique, caractérisé par :
       un point autour duquel le moyen de suivi pivote, qui est positionné en direction de l'entrée à partir d'un point central du moyen de suivi et qui est situé sur un élément (24) comportant au moins une extrémité pointue (26, 27) qui forme le point, l'extrémité pointue étant en contact avec soit le moyen de suivi, soit l'élément de lecture et/ou d'enregistrement magnétique.
EP93100910A 1992-02-18 1993-01-21 Dispositif magnétique de lecture et/ou d'enregistrement pour l'utilisation avec un milieu photosensible Expired - Lifetime EP0556584B1 (fr)

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US837052 1986-03-06
US07/837,052 US5285325A (en) 1992-02-18 1992-02-18 Web guiding device for use in a magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus

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